Officer Hospitalised After Prison Row

07 June 2015

A prison officer has been taken to hospital following an incident at Cloverhill Prison in Clondalkin. The officer - who plays GAA football for Roscommon - is being assessed as a precaution - after suffering an injury during a scuffle at the facility this morning. He intervened - along with a colleague - in a row involving a prisoner and an elderly inmate. The Prison Service says the person who started the incident will be disciplined.